Best New Books: Week of April 2, 2019

The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist!

 

Adult Fiction

 Boy Swallows Universe, by Trent Dalton

 Condor: The Short Takes, by James Grady

 The Damascus Road, by Jay Parini

 Diary of a Dead Man on Leave, by David Downing

 The Gulf, by Belle Boggs

 Lights All Night Long, by Lydia Fitzpatrick

 Loch of the Dead, by Oscar de Muriel

 Lost and Wanted, by Nell Freudenberger

 Prince of Monkeys, by Nnamdi Ehirim

 Sabrina and Corina, by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

 A Song for the Stars, by Ilima Todd

 The Spectators, by Jennifer DuBois

 Trap, by Lilja Sigurðardóttir and translated by Quentin Bates

 Women Talking, by Miriam Toews

 A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, by Ann Beattie

 

Adult Nonfiction

 Decorating with Plants: What to Choose, Ways to Style, and How to Make Them Thrive, by Baylor Chapman

 Deported Americans: Life after Deportation to Mexico, by Beth C. Caldwell

 Elements of Family Style: Elegant Spaces for Everyday Life, by Erin Gates

 Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, by Jan Johnsen

 Geek Girls Don’t Cry: Real-Life Lessons from Fictional Female Characters, by Andrea Towers

 K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, by Tyler Kepner

 The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home, by Heath Hardage Lee

 Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro, by Thomas Maier

 Shakespeare’s Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature, by Stuart Kells

 Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow, by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

 Swift: New & Selected Poems, by David Baker

 Travel with Purpose: A Field Guide to Voluntourism, by Jeff Blumenfeld

 

Youth Fiction

 Carl and the Meaning of Life, by Deborah Freedman

 Comics: Easy as ABC! by Ivan Brunetti

 I Am So Clever, by Mario Ramos

 The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, by Lamar Giles and illustrated by Dapo Adeol

 The Little Green Girl, by Lisa Anchin

 The Little Guys, by Vera Brosgol

 Maiden & Princess, by Daniel Haack and Isabel Galupo and illustrated by Becca Human

 Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure, by Alex T. Smith

 Operatic, by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler

 The Runaways, by Ulf Stark, illustrated by Kitty Crowther, and translated by Julia Marshall

 We Rule the Night, by Claire Eliza Bartlett

 

Youth Nonfiction

 Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons, by Laura Purdie Salas and illustrated by Mercè López

 Seashells: More than a Home, by Melissa Stewart and illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen

 The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

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